…In honor of Disability Awareness Month

“At Highline Community College, we are committed to delivering one of the core values of our institution – access. In an effort to provide education to all those who seek it, Access Services at Highline Community College supports and assists students with disabilities with campus and classroom accommodations.”

~Highline’s Access Services

In support of this commitment, the library has put together a list of resources concerning people with disabilities.

Websites:

The Association For Service Disabled Veteranshttp://www.asdv.org/
ASDV is a national association that is establishing greater economic participation for service disabled and prisoner of war veterans and all of the 80 million veteran family members in the United States. To pursue its mission, ASDV has established programs and services that address the areas of legislative and legal advocacy, business development, healthcare, and information access.

Disabled American Veteranshttp://www.dav.org/
Formed in 1920 and chartered by Congress in 1932, the million-member DAV is the official voice of America’s service-connected disabled veterans — a strong, insistent voice that represents all of America’s 2.1 million disabled veterans, their families and survivors.